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Jacobi elliptic functions

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Definition

Let 0<k<10 < k < 1, and let am⁡(u)=am⁡(u,k)\operatorname{am}(u) = \operatorname{am}(u, k) be the Jacobi amplitude. For real uu, the Jacobi elliptic functions with modulus kk are sn⁡u=sin⁡am⁡u,cn⁡u=cos⁡am⁡u,dn⁡u=1−k2sin⁡2am⁡u.\operatorname{sn} u = \sin\operatorname{am} u, \qquad \operatorname{cn} u = \cos\operatorname{am} u, \qquad \operatorname{dn} u = \sqrt{1 - k^2\sin^2\operatorname{am} u}. Each of them extends by analytic continuation to a meromorphic function on ℂ\C, still written sn⁡\operatorname{sn}, cn⁡\operatorname{cn}, dn⁡\operatorname{dn}.

Remarks

Let K=K(k)K = K(k) and K′=K(1−k2)K' = K(\sqrt{1 - k^2}) be complete elliptic integrals of the first kind. The extended functions are elliptic functions with these periods: sn⁡\operatorname{sn} has periods 4K4K and 2iK′2iK'; cn⁡\operatorname{cn} has periods 4K4K and 2K+2iK′2K + 2iK'; dn⁡\operatorname{dn} has periods 2K2K and 4iK′4iK'. They satisfy sn⁡2u+cn⁡2u=1,dn⁡2u+k2sn⁡2u=1,\operatorname{sn}^2 u + \operatorname{cn}^2 u = 1, \qquad \operatorname{dn}^2 u + k^2\operatorname{sn}^2 u = 1, ddusn⁡u=cn⁡udn⁡u,dducn⁡u=−sn⁡udn⁡u,ddudn⁡u=−k2sn⁡ucn⁡u.\frac{d}{du}\operatorname{sn} u = \operatorname{cn} u \operatorname{dn} u, \quad \frac{d}{du}\operatorname{cn} u = -\operatorname{sn} u \operatorname{dn} u, \quad \frac{d}{du}\operatorname{dn} u = -k^2\operatorname{sn} u \operatorname{cn} u. Example: at u=Ku = K one has am⁡K=π/2\operatorname{am} K = \pi/2, so sn⁡K=1\operatorname{sn} K = 1, cn⁡K=0\operatorname{cn} K = 0 and dn⁡K=k′\operatorname{dn} K = k', where k′=1−k2k' = \sqrt{1 - k^2}. Check of the first derivative rule: ddusin⁡am⁡u=cos⁡(am⁡u)⋅dam⁡du=cn⁡udn⁡u\frac{d}{du}\sin\operatorname{am} u = \cos(\operatorname{am} u)\cdot\frac{d\operatorname{am}}{du} = \operatorname{cn} u \operatorname{dn} u. Non-example: sin⁡\sin is not one of these functions for 0<k<10 < k < 1, since sin⁡\sin is entire while sn⁡\operatorname{sn} has poles, at u=iK′u = iK' for example. Limits: for k→0k \to 0 they become sin⁡\sin, cos⁡\cos, 11, and the formulas with k=1k = 1 give tanh⁡\tanh, sech⁡\operatorname{sech}, sech⁡\operatorname{sech}.

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